This SoftPerfect Research-developed application, as its name suggests, is a firewall. This means SoftPerfect Personal Firewall can protect your computer from internet or LAN attacks. With SoftPerfect Personal Firewall you can filter packets based on user-defined rules, create rules based on non-IP protocols (like ARP), apply a rule for just a connection, or apply separate rules for multiple network adapters. SoftPerfect Personal Firewall comes with a set of predefined rules. When it detects an unknown packet, it prompts you for an action.

To enjoy the functionality SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has to offer, you must first get the application off the web and onto your computer. The good news is that the download weighs in at 880KB. Why is it good news? It’s good news because a 880KB download, even on a less than spectacular internet connection, will complete in very little time. I don’t know about you, but I like it when a download takes little time to complete.

Once you’re done downloading SoftPerfect Personal Firewall, it is time to install the application on your Windows-powered computer. Just launch the firewall_setup.exe file you downloaded, follow the instructions presented by the setup wizard, and you should be done before you know it. Installing SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a simple process that goes along smoothly and rapidly.

You can install SoftPerfect Personal Firewall on top of multiple versions of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system. At the time of writing this and according to the developer, SoftPerfect Personal Firewall provides support for: Windows 95, 98, 2000, 20003, 2008, ME, NT, Windows XP and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit editions).

After that you can use SoftPerfect Personal Firewall to do all the bits presented above. You can enjoy the functionality this application provides for as long as you want and you don’t have to pay anything in return. You can do this because SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is freeware.

Pros

Lightweight download

Predefined rules

User-defined rules for packet filtering

Create rules based on non-IP protocols

Support for multiple network adapter configurations

Trusted MAC address checking feature

Freeware

Cons

Not meant for novice users (some networking knowledge is needed to correctly configure the application)

About SoftPerfect Research Established back in 2000 and headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, SoftPerfect Research is a small software development team that specializes in the development of Windows network management applications. SoftPerfect Research also provides custom software development and consultation services.

Additional details on SoftPerfect Research and its products are available here. Additional details on SoftPerfect Personal Firewall are available here.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has been reviewed by George Norman on
27 Oct 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 4
out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent